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Well, if you’ve been reading my blog or twitter tweets, you’ll probably notice my latest obsession with NFC (near field communication). I finally received my first batch of NFC tags/stickers from www.tagstand.com and wanted to just showcase a quick demo of using a NFC tag with NFC Task Launcher to check in to foursquare with a tag.

Today’s post is more of a brain dump than post.  I’ve been thinking about the music industry again and thought of a few things I’d love to see happen.  I doubt the industry or RIAA would ever consider it but it’s worth a shot.  The biggest problem I have with the industry is how it deals w/innovative services/sites.

I love HDMI control abilities! HDMI control? HDMI Control is the ability for devices to be controlled over an HDMI connection. This basically allows you to use one remote (in my upcoming example/setup my LG TV remote) to control several devices. Think of it like having a Harmony remote and setting it up to control all devices. Read on for the goodies!

Well, late last year I broke down and finally upgraded to an uber nice 3D HDTV. After a ton of research and asking around and more research, the LG 55LW5600 was at the top of my list. In today’s post, I plan to share my experience with the LG and 3D TV and also post a follow-up post with every tip / hack / secret menu for the TV here too!

As previously noted, I have been using my PS Vita now for about a week and half and thought it would be time to write up a quick initial usage report from a core gamer perspective and also touch on a few other topics such as the ‘phoneblet’ market (ie 5″ phones like the Galaxy Note which I have a loaner of).

It’s official! The PS Vita has launched to everyone in the USA and Europe. I got my pre-order 3G + Wifi version today. Let’s take a look at what we get in the box!

Mid to late 2011, a new buzz word was running rampart in many corporate IT departments: BYOD (bring your own device). Basically what this trend centers around is the idea that users would bring their own device be it a smartphone, tablet or laptop from home and be able to use it within their work’s IT infrastructure and environment. To me this feels like a trend we saw gain popularity but then pull an epic fail. Keep on reading for my reasons on why BYOD is just that, a buzz word.

After a rather interesting begining to 2012, the blog is back up and online. I apologize for the downtime and lack of updates but hope to start posting more often.  Today I thought I’d post a few thoughts on some upcoming tech launches and events including the PS Vita and the iPad 3/2S/?

I frequently create new projects in symfony; however, I often forget the exact steps that are required. I have referenced my previous workflow a zillion times, but many of the steps have changed with version 1.4.

Here’s a follow up video of me adding a Gobi 3000 pci-e card to my lenovo thinkpad tablet (see the blog post over here). Enjoy!

Its been about a week or so with my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet (TPT) and I must say that I am digging it. The Pen/Stylus works pretty decent minus the lack of apps and Honeycomb is a nice upgrade from using Gingerbread on my previous Android tablet (Galaxy Tab). However, one thing that I really missed on my TthinkPad Tablet when traveling was built-in 3G data. I still believe that mobile internet on tablets is really the killer app. Today, we’ll take a look at the guts of my TthinkPad Tablet and how one can add a 3G to the TthinkPad Tablet. Keep reading for the photos, notes and links!

I love Fedex; they make almost every week feel like Christmas week. Today I finally received my back-ordered Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet and Pen. This is my first Honeycomb tablet and I’m very excited to see how it compares to the iPad, Playbook and Gingerbread tablets I’ve used previously.

Today’s post is just a quick glimpse into this geek’s / blogger’s lair. My setup is based on modern contemporary design combined with technology and the idea of sharing my technology with guests. Keep on reading for the walk through pics and setup!

If you’ve grown tired of Twitter and it just isn’t what you want anymore, you can delete your Twitter account and move on to new frontiers.

Throughout the web multiple users are reporting this console error message is related to slow downs and hangs within OS X Lion:

kernel: IOSurface: buffer allocation size is zero

Affected users are often seeing hundreds of these messages in the console logs and they seems to related to the time when hangs and slow downs occur…

Many people are complaining that in Mass Effect under Windows 7 that they can’t see the mouse pointer. The common thread seems to be Windows 7 although most of these users have resurrected the game from Steam.

The only workaround that I could find (that would work for me) is to play in the game in windowed mode…

Wolfram Alpha has all kinds of useful information for everything under the sun, you can even use it to estimate your blood alcohol level after you’ve put away a few drinks. This will only be an estimate, it ignores variations in metabolism, food intake, medication, etc.

If you are playing Collapse! Blast on Facebook or Google+, I can show you a few tips on getting much, much higher scores to help you stay ahead of your friends and neighbors. The premise is to click on the groups of 3 or more same colored blocks to eliminate them before either time runs out or the rows reach the top of the screen.

Today’s post is a pure opinion and my thoughts on the current tech landscape. Apologies for the uber long time between posts, the ‘real’ job got crazy busy. So lets get to it, I’ll discuss my thoughts on RIM, tablets and some random console thoughts.

I owned an Atari, Atari 2600, Master System (traded w/my cousin for his NES for a summer), Super NES (pal had a Genesis), PSone (best friend had a N64 on launch), PS2 and XBOX (never owned, but modded roommates) and now this gen: PS3, XBOX 360 Slim and of course the Wii. My portables included: original Gameboy, DS Lite, PSP, 3DS.